
St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, and if you’re the type of person who doesn’t wear green, this is perfect for you. It’s a no-brainer. Your “something green” is painted on, and without being doused in lucky charms and rainbows and leprechauns and four leaf clovers, you can be just as festive as your insanely excited Irish friend {who probably looks a little like me as I hail from Ireland} and avoid getting pinched by that annoying guy who is so hoping you don’t wear green so he can finally touch you.

* Essie ~ Mint Candy Apple base coat
* Magical Nail ~ Vikini Green
* Emori ~ sparkly forest green #48
* Emori ~ kelly green #56
* Essie ~ Good to Go fast-drying top coat {my new favorite}
I finally broke down and bought this hilarious collection of nail art nail polishes after months of consideration and while they are rather cheap and rather toxic smelling, they’re kind of extremely fun. The two polishes you see above in the floral packaging have a brush option, as shown below, or a tiny pen-type of applicator if you remove the tops. Again, I can’t express enough their cheapness {a few have broken already but are still usable} but worth it for all the fun colors and nail art options.

* First, apply one coat of your base coat {Essie ~ Mint Candy Apple} and let dry. I painted mine the day before just to save time.
For the nails you’re going to add the art too, thumb, middle, & ring, follow the steps below.

1. Paint your second base coat on ONE nail
2. While your base coat is still wet, begin dotting or allowing a small amount of polish to drip in various areas of your nail, in various sizes, but not too thick. I stuck to one side rather than doing the entire nail — much like my glitter stripe nails
3. Immediately add your second accent color and repeat the step above.
4. Follow up immediately with your last color.
* If you have oversaturated an area, dot a few drops of your base coat to separate them out.

* Move on to your next nail and follow the steps above. Once all your accent nails are finished, paint a second coat on your other nails, then follow up with your top coat.
* Your accent nails may be a little bumpy but after they are completely dry, will flatten out.
Voila… Voila!

Have Fun!
*Find all of my Nail Art Tutorials Here
Pretty Gossip
Love the nails.
ps… your ring takes my breath away. 🙂
Val - A Cleaner Closet
OK, this is probably the prettiest, most elegant St. Patrick’s Day-related thing I’ve ever seen! Also, thanks for the reminder on wearing green…I’d like to avoid being pinched by THAT guy. 🙂
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Natali
Super cute manicure! I wish I could be this handy, I have hard times applying nail polish properly, not even gonna try something like this, but it always amazes me that some people like you can have nail art like this 🙂
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Tegan @ Teganias Thoughts
so beautiful! Love this to pieces, I have to find me some Essie mint candy apple!
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Laura
That came out so good! Pretty!
lena
I love it…
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Justine {Stop Me if You've Heard This One}
I think my favorite part about this manicure is how goof-proof it is. I can totally manage to dribble a few drops of nail polish on my fingers! Love these simple how-tos 🙂
Schnelle
This is such a cute idea!
Food, she thought.
Nothing I love more than a mani DIY!!!! <3
Aitana
really cute manicure!!!^^
i love it 😉
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Kara
This is such a fun idea! I love all of your nail DIY’s…it’s about as “crafty” as I get 😉
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omg this is so beautiful! well done (:
Beth
Absolutely love the combination! Looks so floral and springy all at the same time.
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Ewa Prokopczuk
This is such a cute idea!
Are the nail art nail polish brushes available at various drug stores and whatnot?
I definitely want to try this for St. Patrick’s Day!
Thanks for the great DIY nail idea.
🙂 Ewa
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ZombieLace
Your manicures have to be one of my fav parts of your blog. I always walk away nail-inspired!
Lindsay
I LOVE this! Your manicures are always so creative and pretty!
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I like the color very much. Looks fresh.
Raquel
Anonymous
omg this is so beautiful!
i like ur nailkpolish…
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Kelly
Your fingers look like mint treats. Don’t put them near children. Careful.
Lima
Wow, the final effect is great! And I love that pastel green <3
Thanks for sharing the tutorial, I linked it in a serie I’m writing for my blog (http://rock-n-roll-stops-the-traffic.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-from-head-to-toe-3-special-edition.html), I hope you don’t mind! 🙂
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Such a great idea! Love the mintier green!